Film projector



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.INI/ENTo/e MQQQM A TTORNEY Patented Dec. 12, 1933 UNITED STATES 1,939,561 'Emu PROJECTOR Allan F. Martin, Rochester, N. Y., assignor to Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application August 9, 1930. Serial No. 474,168

4Claims. (01.88-28) This invention relates to a projection apparatus and more particularly it has reference to a projector of the type wherein still pictures are projected from a lm strip which is advanced a frame at a time.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide an eiicient projector of the type described which can be compactly folded to facilitate transportation. Another object is to provide a projector which can be easily and cheaply manufactured and assembled. Further objects are to provide such a projector with an improved'stepby-step film feeding device, an improved film gate structure and an eiiicient Vobjective lens support. Other objects and advantages reside in certain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts as will hereinafter be more fully described and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing my projector arranged for operation.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation showing the objective mount.

2 Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing a top plan view of the objective mount.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view, with parts broken away, showing the lm gate in open position.

30 Fig. 5 is a view showing the structure within the casing as seen when the front, door is open.

Fig. 6 shows an elevation of the lm feeding means.

Fig. 7 shows a vertical sectional view of same.

Fig. 8 shows a fragmentary view of the film feeding means with parts in section. y

Fig. 9 shows a View taken on line 9--9 of Fig. 8.

One embodiment of my invention is shown in the drawings wherein indicates a casing which 40 is provided with a front door 16 hinged at 17 and a rear door 18 hinged at' 19. The casing is provided with a suitable handle 20 and the front and rear doors are retained, respectively, in a closed position by means of spring catches 21 and 22 45 which cooperate with portions at the edges of the doors. The casing is also provided withsuitable lcollapsible feet such as 23 and 24.

Secured Within the casing 15 is a vertically extending wall 25 which forms a substantially lighto tight partition and is provided with an offset portion at 26. A 'suitable condenser lens, such as 27, is mounted within an opening in wall 25 and held in place by means of screws 28. A socket 29, attached to the rear door 18, carries the light source 30. Surrounding the light source is the ventilating hood 31 which is secured to the door 18. The rear part of the casing is provided with openings 32 to permit proper ventilation of the lamp chamber. A suitable reector 33 is carried bythe hood 31 and is positioned to direct light rays into 60 the condenser lens 27.

Mounted within the casing and positioned adjacent the oiset portion 26 of wall 25 is the curved member 34 which is secured to the inner walls of the casing by means of ears 35. The member 34 65 extends downwardly and the vertical plate portion 35' is provided with an aperture 36 which is covered by the glass plate 37. Adjacent the aperture 36, the plate 35 is provided with a pair of integral, forwardly 'extending ears 38. The lower portion 70 of plate 35 is blfurcated to provide a pair of i ntegral, spaced, film guides 39 and 39' of unequal lengths and having curved extremities. A bracket 40, secured to the bottom of the casing carries a curved, laterauy incnned mm guide 41 which is 76 positioned beneath the two film guides 39 and 39'.

Pivotally mounted between the ears 38 on a horizontal rod 42, is a presser plate 43 which is provided with an opening 44 that is covered by glass plate 45. Coil springs 46tend to normally 80 urge the presser plate 43 inwardly so that the glass plate contacts with glass plate 37. The ears 38 are each provided with an upstruck detent 47 over which the edge of the presser platemay be forced in order to hold the presser plate away from the aperture plate as shown in Fig. 4. The presser plate has a curved upper portion 48 which cooperates with the curved portion 34 to form a nlm receptacle 49, the sides of which are enclosed w by side plates 50.

The film feeding means is secured within the casing 15 below the aperture plate and is rotatably carried by the bearing members 51 ,and 52 which are attached to the sides of the casing. The feeding means comprises a rotatable shaft 53, having finger piece 54, to which a film sprocket 55 is splined by means of a screw 56 which cooperates with a slot 57 in shaft 53. Rotatably mounted on the bearing member 51 is a cam member 58 having four concave, equally spaced faces 59 arranged around its periphery. A leaf spring 60, secured to member 51 by screws 61, bears, successively, against the faces of cam member 58 as the latter is rotated. 105

Secured to the shaft 53 is a knurled or corrugated collar 62 which is adapted to selectively col operate with a pair of resilient clutch ngers 63 which are secured-to the cam member 58. When the shaft 53 and sprocket 55 are in the position shown in Fig. 7, the sprocket can be freely ro- Vby turning finger piece 54. framed, the shaft 53 may be pulled outwardly tated, to frame the film', by turning shaft 53 by means of the finger piece 54. When it is desired to rotate the film sprocket with a stepby-step movement, the shaft 53 is pulled outwardly by finger piece 54 so that the clutch ngers 63 engage the knurled collar 62, as shown in Fig. 8. In this position the shaft and sprocket are connected to the rotatable cam member 58 so 'that the film is advanced step-by-step as the faces 59 of the cam member contact successively with the leaf spring 60.

An arcuately curved bracket 64, having two side flanges 65, is hinged, as at 66, to the inner side of the door 16. A lens tube 67, carrying objective lens L, is provided with downwardly extending ears 68 which are mounted to turn on the rod 69 which is carried between the flanges of bracket 64. 'Ihe ears 68 are also pivoted to turn on rod 70 which is carried between the two arms 71 which are pivoted as at '12 to the inner walls of casing 15. The upper end of bracket 64 has 0a cut-away portion 73 and anintegral downturned stop member 'T4Y against which the rod 69 contacts when the lens is in position for operation. The ends 75 of the arms '71- are turned inwardly and also act as limiting stops for the bracket 64.`

In operation, the presser plate-'is opened as in Fig. 4 -so that a coil of film may be inserted in 4receptacle 49. The film is then threaded down past the aperture plate andl the feeding sprocket, after which the lm gate is closed. The film can then be fed downwardly and properly framed After the film is .directed iaterauy by the iai-.emily inclined guide 41 so that the film coils up on itself on the table adjacent the projector. After use, the projector may be compactly folded by closing the door 16.

Due to its pivotal mountings, the lens L moves upwardly and takes a position above the film receptacle 49 in the space provided by the offset portion of the wall 25. 'I'he lamp 30 can be conveniently removed or replaced by .opening the rear door 18. i

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I am able to attain the objects of my invention and provide a simple, yet etlicient, projector which can be compactly folded to facilitate trans O portation. Various modifications can obviously be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as pointed out in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a projection apparatus the combination of a. casing, a member secured within the casing to the Walls thereof, said member having its upper portion curved toform a wall of a film receptacle and thence extending downwardly and terminating in a pair of spaced, integral film guides, said member having a film aperture, integral ears extending forwardly from said member and a presser plate hinged between said ears.

2. 'In a projection apparatus, the combination of a casing, a member secured within said casing, said member having a substantially verticalA portion provided with a film4 aperture and a curved upper portion, a presser plate pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis, the upper portion of said presser plate being curved and normally positioned to cooperate with the upper portion of said member to form a lm receptacle.

3. In a projection apparatus, the combination of an aperture plate having integral, forwardly extending ears, a presser plate pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis between said ears, said presser plate being normally held in contact with said aperture plate by spring means, and means on said ears for holding said presser plate away from said aperture plate.

4. A projection apparatus comprising a casing no having a hinged door, a. wall within said casins', Said wall having an offset portion and an opening, a condenserlens mountedin said open-` ing and a light source positioned adjacent thereto, an aperture plate membersecured within said casing', said member having a curved, upper, film retaining portion positioned within the offset portion of said wall, a pivotally mounted presser plate cooperating with said aperture plate mem-'120 ber, hinged means connecting said door and casing and a lens mounted on said means.

ALLAN F. MARTIN. 

